Dominion Oak Barrel Stout

This is a perfect stout every way you look at it. First off. The pour. It pours like a normal, every day stout untill you see the head. Or lack there of it. Unlike other stouts that tend to be over carbonated to give the novice beer lover the impression it’s a quality stout because it has a huge head. No no no. This beer has a modest one inch head. Thats all you need. Thats all you get! The aroma is that of chocolate, smoke, vanilla, and malt with a light sweetness at the end of the smell. The taste is truely amazing. No matter WHERE you are, once this stout hits your lips and tounge, you are instantly transported to a log cabin where you are curled up next to a fire place in the middle of nowwhere with 5 feet of snow on the ground outside. I tell no lies!!!! This beer has HUGE flavor. Chocolate and vanilla undertones with the firm malty stout as the main show. Not to mention the toasted oak somewhere in the middle. I am VERY pleased with this beer. If you can, buy it and try it. There will be NO let down. I would pay $9 for just one bottle of this quality beer. But I get a SIX PACK for just $9.25!!!!!! I cannot believe the price of this. This beer is made by true beer lovers. How and WHY they sell it so cheap is beyond me. This is a Cadillac beer at a Kia price.

Courtesy of markwise. It pours deep dark mahogany with firm mocha head. The aroma is roasty with a bit of chocolate then moving toward a touch of roasted malts and caramel. The taste has a quick hit of velvety smoothness to start binging in slick sweet malts that seem a tad watery along with roasty malts, chocolate, cream soda and a bit of earthiness. If there was some oak barrel going on I didn’t notice any.

Bottle. Poured a dark black color, with a small tan head that faded quickly. Aroma is roasted malts, light smoke, and some vanilla. Taste is the same lots of roasted malts, light smoke, maybe some coffee and some vanilla. Texture is a little thin but not watery. I like the low alcohol content with lots of flavor. Over not bad at all....

Draft at Mellow Mushroom Huntsville AL. Black with a roasty, toasty nose. Taste comes off very roasty, tart, and no sweetness at all. A bit thin on the palate. Didn’t get any oak or bourbon flavor from this one.

On tap at Old Glory in Georgetown. Pours a deep ruby with a one-finger tan cap that leaves some okay lacing. Aroma is semi-sweet chocolate, some roast, hints of vanilla. Sort of a weak nose like a dry stout. Taste is chocolate malt, semi-sweet chocolate, a bit of vanilla. No oak character.... A bit thin on the palate. This was fairly solid but nothing to rave about.

Bottle thanks to Ksurkin. Pours a jet black with a tan head. Nose is a bit funky of some bread toast, a bit of dark fruit and more funk. Taste is mostly a touch of vanilla, some fruit, a touch of hops and all around notsogoodness. Watered down and less than good. Its a beer though and thats what counts.

First off, this is not rich like it says in the description. It’s actually really really thin, and you can tell from the pour. Second there is barely any aroma... takes a little work to notice some vanilla aroma, and maybe some roasted malt. Not a big fan of this

Bottle shared by Hellybilly at Hellbilly’s after Sun-Up’s 8th anniversary party. Good sweet vanilla & bourbon aroma. Murky brown body with tan head. Decent vanilla, bourbon flavor somewhat alcoholic. The aroma was better than the flavor of this beer.